Not all of you know I have an extensive background in music. I do. Many years’ intense engagement with sound’s theory and practice left me an addict. For more than three decades I have hunted the next aural p...

First things first, the gallery can be found here: Around Pokhara. ***** Having recently purchased a new Sony a5000 for my upcoming Mongolia trip, I have found motivation to actually–finally–learn how to use ...

In preparation for my upcoming trip to Mongolia, I have been sorting through, processing, and uploading new images. Today I assembled pictures from my recent trip to Morocco. You can find the gallery here. It’s ful...

[ Istanbul ] Almost four months. Over one hundred days have come and gone since escaping (once again) the dense gravity of the U. S. of A.—and it hardly seems possible. Yet a lot has happened: paragliding over the Turkis...

[ Marrakech, Morocco ] My north African visit is at an end. Two full months, gone. Schluss. Vorbei. Finis. Next Monday, Nepal. Tomorrow, Istanbul. Today? Marrakech. Tonight—in place of Mirleft’s calm, and her fauvi...

[ Tafraoute, Morocco ] Today was Day 5 of Moped Moses Tour, 2014–as I like to call my little impromptu trip around southern Morocco. I departed Mirleft on Christmas Day, on a rented MBK moped, heading south along t...

[ Istanbul, Turkey ] The day is dreary, overcast, drizzling; cool but not cold in the Istanbulite neighborhood of Cihangir. District Beyoğlu. For seventeen days and counting, I have made this my provisional home; its nar...

[ Dallas, Texas ] In the Finally Got Around To It department, I’ve just finished a too-little, too-late video documenting last summer’s bike tour through the Indian Himalayas. It’s been pretty exciting ...

[ Dallas, TX ] One thing I’m absolutely enjoying about my short stay here in The Great Satan’s belly? Fast internet. Really fast. My response to this circumstance has been an ongoing video overdose. For examp...

[ Pokhara, Nepal ] A couple of days ago, riding my bike, I heard a loud “hey!” and turned in the saddle to find myself pursued by a shaggy-haired, swarthy man with a thick, untamed black beard. He was carryin...

[ Pokhara, Nepal ] For many years and reasons, I have cherished a dream to emigrate from the United States of America1. Yet somehow, with every passing year, recurring season, and yawn-worthy quotidium of quirkily unfold...

[ Pokhara, Nepal ] At this point in my life, I’ve cycled well over 25,000 miles throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. That’s 40,000 kilometers. It’s not as much as some, but it represents far more...

[ Pokhara, Nepal ] Dear Transglobalistas– When last we spoke, I had weathered the less-stormy-than-anticipated Constituent Assembly elections here on L’Isle de Pokhara, surrounded by hyper-curious, unbelievably well-trav...

[Pokhara, Nepal] For those Transglobalistas living under a different rock than my own: Nepal’s politically and historically charged Constituent Assembly elections have shaken things up a bit over the last two weeks...

[Pokhara, Nepal] The time had come. My Indian expedition was at an end. Sooner rather than later I needed to make my way back from Himachal Pradesh to Nepal’s Kaski District–an awkward, 1500 kilometer kludge ...

[Bir Tibetan Colony, Himachal Pradesh, India] Happy Diwali! May your Festival of Lights be as bright and cacophonously loud, as riotously festive and friend-filled as ours here in the Himalayan foothills. Aside from Diwa...

[Bir Tibetan Colony, Himachal Pradesh, India] Transglobaphiliacs— This week let’s keep it short and sweet: The pre-PWC competition finally kicked off a few days ago, with 90 registered pilots and their hordes...

[Bir Tibetan Colony, Himachal Pradesh, India] Dear Transglobalistas— Another week in paradise has come and gone, and all you’ve got to show for it is this meager, suggestive, implicitly taunting blog post. As...

[Kargil, Jammu-Kashmir, India] Greetings from Ladakh’s 2nd-largest city. As careful readers may have noticed, in my previous update I radically underestimated my rate of progress on the bike. The simple-sounding 7-...

Lieber Transglobalistas— Tomorrow morning I finally depart from Manali for a 3-4 week bike tour. First leg is the famous Manali-Leh highway, 500km (310miles) and 7-9 days on the bike–due to mostly to the extr...

[Bhojpur Village, Bhojpur, Nepal] dear readers— I’m sorry for the rushed posting (forgive any typos, etc), but I have very limited access to electricity, much less the internet, and I needed to cover as much ground...

In which a Tibetan plants a seed, a Quest is joined, and Willis survives the dried raisins. ***** First let me give you some behind-the-scenes info. A couple of days ago I intended to regale you with tales of a wonderful...

Trying to find somewhere to sit comfortably and write on this lazy Saturday afternoon, I wander up to the roof of my guesthouse (home of the infamous $4.25/night view, see above), pull up a chair at the open-air table, a...

As promised elsewhere, I spent a fortnight or so this past October exploring Turkey by foot and wing. The extended details of this excursion will follow eventually, but–in the meantime–please enjoy these imag...

Unless those pesky Mayans got it right after all, 2012 promises to be a year of transition. It started with my trip to Pokhara, Nepal this past February, and continued with lots of great times in the skies over Dallas, T...

“Promise” is my attempt to capture an entire 30-day trip to Pokhara, Nepal in one music video. While such an objective is unachievable, I believe that these 6 minutes do present a good portrait of my time the...

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Not all of you know I have an extensive background in music. I do. Many years’ intense engagement with sound’s theory and practice left me an addict. For more than three decades I have hunted the next aural payoff, craved and cherished the discovery of jaw-dropping, eclectic sonic surfaces. The[…]

[ Dallas, Texas ] In the Finally Got Around To It department, I’ve just finished a too-little, too-late video documenting last summer’s bike tour through the Indian Himalayas. It’s been pretty exciting to dig through the hundreds of video files my friends and I recorded–reliving a seven-week, twelve hunred-kilometer journey which began[…]

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[ Pokhara, Nepal ] You will rarely find overt politics here at The Transglobalist, except to clarify the (typically negative, unwanted) impact of the global haves on the world’s have-nots. Such political exposition derives its power and authority from compelling context: from illustrative experiences in the field and first-hand accounts relayed by those I[…]

First things first, the gallery can be found here: Around Pokhara. ***** Having recently purchased a new Sony a5000 for my upcoming Mongolia trip, I have found motivation to actually–finally–learn how to use a camera properly. I’ve been exploring its advanced features, with occasional success, and even purchased a tripod[…]

In preparation for my upcoming trip to Mongolia, I have been sorting through, processing, and uploading new images. Today I assembled pictures from my recent trip to Morocco. You can find the gallery here. It’s full of camels, a moped, Moses and his selfie Staff, some mountains, Atlantic sunsets, camels,[…]

[ Pokhara, Nepal ] I’d like to tell you a story about ripples and waves. And a stone named Orly King. Orly died yesterday; cancer killed him. He was a skydiving legend: a pioneer from the early, wild-west days of freeflying—of days long before wind tunnels created a new class[…]

[ Istanbul ] Almost four months. Over one hundred days have come and gone since escaping (once again) the dense gravity of the U. S. of A.—and it hardly seems possible. Yet a lot has happened: paragliding over the Turkish Mediterranean and the Moroccan Atlantic, exploring the many hearts of[…]